"with disregard for his own safety, Lt Pope carried the wounded man back through his own front lines and then returned to duty although the darkness of the night exposed him to enemy fire but to that of the American forces with whom he was serving. During the Bougainville campaign, Lt Pope was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received while serving as an aerial observer for his artillery unit, action in which he survived a plane crash."

World War II Navy VeteranWake Forest & Bowman Gray School of Medicene Graduate1

Bio Note*

"He served at Episcopal General Hospital in Philadelphia, PA, Linwood General Hospital in Augusta, GA, and Kennedy Veterans Hospital in Memphis, TN, and served as Chief of Pediatrics at Watts Hospital in Durham. His pediatric training was at Baptist Hospital with Bowman Gray School of Medicine."1

General Index to vital records of Vermont, early to 1870; (Montpelier, Vermont: Vermont Secretary of State), Family History Library Films 0027455-0027741, John Moore, Pomfret Vermont, Death 1852.

Pomfret Record of Death Certificates Issued (Jan 1779-Jan 1903); (Pomfret, Windsor Co., Vermont: Pomfret Town Clerk), Family History Library Film US/CAN 889324 #4.

Assumption of Walter E. Fred (e-mail address), 15 Jul 2010. Alexander Moore is assumed to be the son of John & Olive Pratt Moore. The Pomfret Town Death listing for Burns Cemetery lists Alexander under Lewis Moore (annotated son of John & Olive) but gives no parents for Alexander. John Moore's 1840 Census enumeration lists two males between 10-14 years of age. This would be consistent with both Lewis & Alexander as sons.